大学英语六级模拟试卷563(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级模拟试卷563 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. Translation

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

1． For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Health and Life. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given

below.1．健康与生活的关系2．忽视健康对生活的影响3．如何保持健康 Health and Life

正确答案： Health and Life (1) As a saying goes, you don’t know what happiness is until you lose it; you don’t know what health is until you are ill. (2) “Health is of vital importance to life” sounds like a (3) cliche to everyone, but it is absolutely true. Sound health is the basis of happy life. Therefore, the (4) negligence of the delicate balance of your body and soul will (5) produce very bad influence on you. How many big plans are interrupted by bad health! Even a normal life is unimaginable without the guarantee of health. (6) How to keep fit is an eternal topic of diversity and controversy. Regardless of all the different suggestions poured from all kinds of sources, one should do at least two things for himself/herself. (6) First, hold an optimistic attitude toward life and maintain a mental well-being. (6) Second, live a regular life and keep a balanced diet. (7) Anyway, a healthy life is within reach so long as you learn to adjust your mind and body.

解析：(1)引用谚语，彰显文化底蕴(2)指出健康对生活很重要(3)“陈词滥调，落伍的话”(4)分析忽视健康对生活的影响(5)亮点短语：对…产生影响(6)给出保持健康的两个方法，采用主题句加支撑句的形式，结构清晰(7)小结。”不管怎么说”

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.

7 Things You Can’t Say in Canada Attacking our sacred cows (things or people that cannot be criticized) may turn you into one looked down upon by all others — but it can also be a lot of fun. Every culture has its unacknowledged taboos — the things you are forbidden to say or do in polite company, the accepted truths you are not allowed to doubt. You might think that a liberal, open-minded country like Canada would be free of such taboos, but you’d be wrong. In spite of our

belief in our own enlightened tolerance, some things are simply not open to debate. If you try, you’re bound to shock the neighbors. It’s risky to question the wisdom of the tribe. You might get stoned. On the other hand, some people might come near to you very quietly afterwards and confess that they secretly agree. So here’s a challenge to a few of our nation’s most widely held beliefs. You say these things in public at your own danger. I will be elaborating on these points over the months to come. Feel free to stone me or secretly agree — or, even better, add to the list. At the very least, they’re sure to start a good dinner-party fight. Margaret Atwood writes some really awful books. The queen of Canadian Literature dominates the literary world like a giant. Nobody has won more awards than she has, and nobody is more feared. There is no such a thing as a bad review of a Margaret Atwood book in Canada. That’s too bad, because many of her books are tedious and unreadable, full of tortuous plots and unpleasant characters. Why will no one say so? Because we’re grateful that she’s put us on the global map. If they do, they’ll never work in this country again. Recycling is a waste of time and money. Once upon a time it was easy to put out the trash. Today, the Garbage Gestapo rules our lives.Every household has become a mini version of the village dump, and every one of us has become a garbage picker, carefully separating our organic waste from our bottles and papers, and worrying about where our different kinds of garbage are supposed to go. Don’t try to sort a wine bottle into the wrong bag! The trash police will punish you. The truth about recycling is that it’s a giant waste of dollars and doesn’t help the environment. But don’t tell your kids. They won’t believe you. They’ve been brainwashed. Only private enterprise can save public health care. Tommy Douglas, the CBC’s Greatest Canadian, brought us universal health care. But even his plan didn’t originally pay for everybody’s minor diseases, such as ingrown toenails. His primary goal was to make sure nobody faced financial ruin if they got sick. Today we have a system where controlling costs is more important than treating patients, and where ideology is disabling us. In some places, including Toronto, people go blind waiting for cataract (白内障) surgery. The government could restore their sight tomorrow simply by sending them to a private clinic instead of to a hospital. The cost to the government would be exactly the same. But in Canada, private is a dirty word, and so the government would rather you go blind. Poor Tommy would be spinning in his grave. David Suzuki is bad for the environment. From global warming to farmed salmon and genetically modified crops, David Suzuki has just one message: The end is near. He is our homegrown prophet of doom who can predict what will happen in the future. He advocates the essential wickedness of the human race. Like a modern Savonarola, he warns that unless we cast our material possessions into the bonfire, we’re all going to hell. The trouble with this predicting vision is that people are starting to isolate from the environment. And our hugely expensive investment in the unworkable Kyoto treaty, which Mr. Suzuki tells us doesn’t go nearly far enough, will wipe out more practical measures to cut smog and clean up our waste sites. A national daycare program won’t do a thing to help poor kids. Cheap national daycare! Who could be against it? It’s supposed to give kids a better start in life, and nobody can object to that. But in Quebec, where the program started,

universal daycare has turned out to be nothing more than a giant (and extremely costly) subsidy for relatively well-off middle-class parents. Few poor parents use the system. No doubt convenient daycare is a gift set by god for many people. But so far there is no definitive evidence that kids who go to daycare go on to do better in school or in life. So if we want to invest billions in helping kids, why are we spending it on the kids who need help the least? Group of Seven artists are overexposed genre painters. I like A.Y. Jackson as much as you do. His paintings remind me of when I went to summer camp. I grew up with a reproduction of The West Wind hanging in our living room. (That was by Tom Thomson, who wasn’t really a member of Group of Seven, but never mind.) Group of Seven were the first artists to depict the wild Canadian landscape, and they were bold young rebels in their time. But that time was 80 years ago. Today their work is the essence of bourgeois picture-postcard art — the kind of art safe to take your mother to see. Enough, already. Maybe it’s time we moved on. The United States is the greatest force for good the world has ever known. Of all the shocking things you can say around the dinner table, this is the most shocking one. After all, America-criticizing is part of our national identity. At best, we see our neighbor as a well-intentioned but arrogant and wrong-doing bully that throws its weight around too much. At worst, we see our neighbor as one of the most evil nations in the world. And yet, right now, hundreds of millions of people in desperately poor parts of the world are being liberated from millennia of suffering and serfdom. Why? Because of the United States, which has spread its idea of economic freedom — and its purchasing power — around the world.

2． The author describes Canada as a country which______. A．is free of taboos B．is thinly populated C．is highly industrialized D．is liberal and open-minded

正确答案：D

解析：该句提到，You might think that a liberal，open—minded country like Canada would be free of such taboos，but you’d be wrong，故答案为[D]。

3． Who has been regarded as the queen of Canadian Literature? A．Sharon H. Nelson. B．Cynthia Hood. C．Margaret Atwood. D．Audrey Thomas.

正确答案：C 解析：该句中的The queen of Canadian Literature指的是小标题中的Margaret Atwood，故答案为[C]。

4． In the author’s point of view, Margaret Atwood’s books are______. A．thrilling B．monotonous C．encouraging D．simple-minded

正确答案：B

解析：该句提到，That’s too bad，because many of her books are tedious and unreadable，[B]monotonous意为“单调的”，与tedious意思一致，故为答案。[A]thrilling意为“令人兴奋的”。

5． The author thinks that he becomes a garbage picker because he has to______. A．carefully sort out different kinds of garbage B．help cleaning the community every weekend C．dispose of any garbage dumped by his kids D．pick recyclable items from the local landfill

正确答案：A

解析：该句提到，every one of us has become a garbage picker,carefully separating our organic waste from our bottles and papers，[A]中的sort out是原文中separating的同义转述，故答案为[A]。

6． Which of the following was not included in Tommy Dougla’s health plan? A．Ingrown toenails. B．Tooth extraction. C．Cataract. D．Insomnia.

正确答案：A 解析：该句提到，But even his plan didn’t originally pay for everybody’s minor diseases，such as ingrown toenails，由此可知，该计划并不包括ingrown toenails，故答案为[A]。

7． David Suzuki believes that “the end is near”, and he is regarded as______. A．an environmental spokesman

B．an advocate of genetic engineering C．a local prophet of doom D．the most wicked Canadian

正确答案：C

解析：第二段首句中的doom与上段中的The end意思相近，都表示“末日”之意，[C]中的local prophet of doom是对第二段首句中的homegrown prophet of doom的同义转述，故答案为[C]。

8． The aim of Kyoto treaty was to solve______. A．insurance problems B．educational problems C．population problems D．pollution problems

正确答案：D 解析：该句提到，And our hugely expensive investment in the unworkable Kyoto treaty,…will wipe out more practical measures to cut smog and clean up our waste sites，由此可知，Kyoto treaty是用来解决污染问题的，故答案为[D]。

9． In Quebec, the national daycare system is seldom used by______.

正确答案：poor parents

解析：空前的by表明，本空应填一名词或名词性短语，表示某种人群。这两句提到了the program和the system，它们都是指代题干中的the national daycare system。末句中的Few poor parents use the system表明，本空应填poor parents。

10． The original painting The West Wind was painted by______.

正确答案：A．Y．Jackson

解析：本空应填一人名，该人名为The West Wind原画(original painting)的作者。首句提到，I like A．Y Jackson as much as you do．His paintings remind me of when I went to summer camp．即原画的作者是A．YJackson。而第一段括号内提到的Tom Thomson为复制品(reproduction)的作者，不是原作者。

11． Thanks to, people in poor areas of the world are being liberated from______millennia of suffering and serfdom.

正确答案：the United States

解析：空前的Thanks to表明，本空应填一名词或名词性短语。Thanks to表明本空所填的名词或名词性短语与主句内容构成某种因果关系。末句中的Because of与题干中的Thanks to都表示原因，题干中的people in poor areas of the world are being liberated from millennia of suffering and serfdom是对倒数第三句提到的People in desperately poor parts…serfdom的同义转述，为结果，故原因为文中Because of后面的the United States。

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.

听力原文：M: Of the two houses we have seen, which one do you think fits our needs better, the first one or the second one? W: The second one. It seems very expensive. But in the long run, it will save us the money on the maintenance. Q: What does the woman say about the reason for her choice?

12．

A．The first house they saw is too expensive. B．She is happy with the price set by the seller. C．They may save some money for the time being. D．Less money will be spent in maintaining the house.

正确答案：D

解析：女士的话save us the money on the maintenance(省下我们的维护费)为听音重点，[D]的内容是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。根据女士说的in the long run(从长远来看)可排除干扰项[C]。

听力原文：M: I have never seen such an interesting show. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. W: I must admit that I felt sleepy during the two hours. Q: How did the woman feel about the show?

13．

A．Enjoyable. B．Inspiring. C．Moving. D．Dull.

正确答案：D

解析：对话中女士提到I felt sleepy(我昏昏欲睡)，[D]Dull对应sleepy，故为答案。

听力原文：W: I really want to know why Nancy is always so hostile toward me. M: Did you ever think of just coming right out and asking her? Q: What does the man think the woman should do?

14．

A．Be hostile to Nancy. B．Ask Nancy to come out. C．Talk to Nancy herself. D．Write Nancy a letter.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中男士提到coming fight out and asking her(亲自去问她)，[C]是对男士的话的同义转述，故为答案。Did you ever think of doing sth．?意为“你就没想过做某事吗?”，是提建议的一种委婉说法。come right out指“亲自做某事”。

听力原文：W: Take a seat, Mr. Brown. Could you tell me which position you

think most appeals to you? M: Well, as for me, I prefer to take the post of sales manager if you think I’m qualified. Q: What’s the man’s purpose in the meeting with the woman?

15．

A．To apply for a job.

B．To offer her a position in the company. C．To find out her position in the company.

D．To make an appointment with the sales manager.

正确答案：A 解析：由对话中男士提到的I prefer to take the post of sales manager(我想担任销售经理一职)可知，男士在申请职位，故答案为[A]。take the post of．．．意为“担任…职位”。appeal to sb．意为“吸引某人”。

听力原文：M: Those were such funny stories Tom told last night. He was like a totally different guy. W: Yeah, really. He is normally so serious. What do you think brought all that out of him? Q: What does the woman imply?

16．

A．The stories probably weren’t true. B．Tom usually doesn’t tell funny stories.

C．She’s surprised Tom was so serious last night. D．She wants to know where Tom heard the stories.

正确答案：B

解析：女士的话He is normally so serious．(他通常很严肃)为听音重点，[B]中的usually doesn’t tell funny stories是对is normally so serious的同义转述，故答案为[B]。

听力原文：M: My parents will come to visit next weekend but I’ve checked every hotel in the area and they all seem to be full. W: Well, why not call the Cliffside Inn? It’s not so near the campus but it’s always got a few vacancies. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

17．

A．Find a hotel nearby again in a few days. B．Accommodate his parents in his dormitory.

C．Ask his parents not to come until he finds a proper hotel. D．Phone a hotel farther from the campus for a reservation.

正确答案：D

解析：对话中女士提到It’s not so near the campus but it’s always got a few vacancies，[D]中的farther from the campus对应女士说的not so near the campus，故答案为[D]。Why not…?表示提出建议。vacancy意为“空余”。

听力原文：M: Uh, looks like I’m going to be a little late for class. I hope

Professor Clark doesn’t start on time today. W: Are you kidding? You can set your watch by the time he starts his class. Q: What can be inferred about Professor Clark?

18．

A．He is always punctual for his class.

B．He rarely notices which students are late. C．He wants his students to be on time for class.

D．He doesn’t allow his students to tell jokes in class.

正确答案：A

解析：对话中女士提到You can set your watch by the time he starts his class，[A]的内容是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。set the watch by the time sb．does sth．直译为“以某人做某事的时间来调表”，形容某人做某事非常准时。

听力原文：M: The faculty already knows that attending the seminars is a requirement for completing the program. Why do I need to sign for it?W: It just works that way. They just want to make sure nothing is off track.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

19．

A．The man forgot to sign for the seminar. B．The signing is just a reassurance. C．The seminar was actually cancelled.

D．The woman likes the seminar very much.

正确答案：B

解析：对话中女士提到make sure nothing is off track，[B]中的a reassurance对应女士说的make sure，故答案为[B]。It just works that way．意为“这只是例行公事”。be off track意为“偏离正常轨道”。

听力原文：M: Hi, Anne. Please come in and take a seat.W: Well, I can’t stay long. I’ve still got these papers to mark, but I thought I’d check up your progress with the website.M: Well, things are a little on hold right now. We’ve got a problem with the BBS. The free-lance web designer was not as good as we initially thought she would be. She informed us last night that she could only do simple designing and that putting up a BBS is beyond her means.W: Well, didn’t you make a list of what you want from her at the beginning?M: Not really, she was recommended by Jim and from what he told me, this lady sounded to be pretty qualified to do the job. I’m not asking for a terrific web designer but to build up a structure with all the basic elements of web design.W: Did you ask her why she wasn’t frank with you in the beginning if she couldn’t do the BBS?M: I did. She said I didn’t bring that up and that it was a communication problem. You know, I also realize that she is an amateur and is not what Jim has described exactly. That really gets me.W: I know you must be feeling you’re being cheated or something. So what do you plan to do now that she got the job half done?M: I don’t want to be mean. But, basically, I told her straight out I

would not pay her full fees because she wasn’t honest with me in the beginning and because of this it has cost me time and energy on this project, since I have to search around for other people to complete the job. W: That sounds fair. But I’m sure she must be very upset after all the work she’s done. M: Hey, but who’s the loser here? I don’t think people should take up a job if it is not within their means to complete. That should teach her a lesson. W: Well, it still means we need to find someone. I suggest we go back to our Dean and see if we can get extra funding somewhere in the Teacher Development Fund. Then we can get a professional to work at it. M: We can try but I think we haven’t got a hope in hell.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What was the website designer not honest about?24. How will the man deal with the dishonest website designer?25. How does the woman propose the website design problem be solved?

20．

A．She is designing another website. B．She couldn’t do BBS. C．She has no time.

D．She hasn’t done any website design before.

正确答案：B 解析：选项均为与She有关的完整句子表明，本题可能考查She的事实状况。由对话中女士提到的…why she wasn’t flank with you in the beginning if she couldn’t do the BBS?可知，这位设计师事先并没有向男士坦白她设计不了BBS网站，故答案为[B]。

21．

A．He will scold her.

B．He won’t pay her any money. C．He will tell her to do it again.

D．He will pay her only part of the salary.

正确答案：D

解析：选项中的He will scold her／tell her to do it again，won’t pay her 等表明，本题可能者查男士如何处理这位设计师。对话中男士提到But…I will not pay her full fees，[D]中的will pay her only part of the salary是对对话中will not pay her full fees的同义转述，故答案为[D]。

22．

A．By doing it themselves.

B．By looking for another designer.

C．By asking the Dean to pay for a professional. D．By merging with the Teacher Development site.

正确答案：C

解析：选项均以By+doing开头表明，本题考查方式方法。由对话中女士提

到I suggest we go back to our Dean…get extra funding．．．get a professional to work at it可知。女士建议去找主任寻求额外的资金来聘请一位专业的设计师，故答案为[C]。

听力原文：W: Good morning and welcome to today’s program. Have you always wanted to invest, but didn’t know where to get started? Today’s show will help you with this problem. Very happily, we have Mr. Brown as our guest. Welcome to our program, Mr. Brown.M: It’s a pleasure to be here.W: Now, Mr. Brown. Can you give us some suggestions on how to invest wisely?M: Well, I think there are three basic guidelines to smart investment.W: What are they?M: Number one is to have clear goals. Decide how many years you will invest for, and your needs will be in the future.W: I see. First, we should have a clear goal. That’s definitely important. Then what is the second guideline?M:Number two is to understand the range of possibilities. You’ll want diversified investments: one with a mix of stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and cash. It’s a jungle out there. Each of these products has different risks associated with them and also different potential rewards. Understand them before you buy, so there won’t be any big surprises later.W: That sounds quite reasonable. Well, what about the third guideline?M: Finally, number three is to have realistic expectations. Keep this in mind: he who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. You should invest for the long term since the stock market has both up and down years.W: That’s quite true. For example, over the past several years, New York stocks have averaged 30% annual returns, but this may not continue for long. Well, that’s our today’s show. Thank you, Mr. Brown, for joining us.M: My pleasure.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?20. What is the first guideline to investment?21. What should investors understand before they invest?22. What do we learn about the stock market from the conversation?

23．

A．How to get rich in a day.

B．How to invest money in the future. C．How to set clear goals for the future.

D．How to carry out reasonable investments.

正确答案：D 解析：选项概括性强表明，本题可能考查对话话题。对话一开始就提到Have you always wanted to invest，but didn’t know where to get started?及Can you give us some suggestions on how to invest wisely?，由此可知，对话在讨论如何进行合理的投资，故答案为[D]。

24．

A．Making a saving plan. B．Setting up a bank account. C．Setting clear investing goals.

D．Making clear why to invest.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中男士提到Number one is to have clear goals，由此可知，确立清晰的投资目标是第一步，故答案为[C]。

25．

A．The risks and potential rewards of the products. B．The different kinds of investments. C．The importance of investments. D．The sum of investments.

正确答案：A

解析：选项中重复出现的investments表明，本题与投资有关。对话中男士提到每种产品都有与之相关的不同风险和潜在回报，然后说在买之前了解这些可以使以后不吃惊，由此可知，投资者在投资之前，应该了解产品的风险和回报，故答案为[A]。

26．

A．It is a place full of risks.

B．It is a good place to invest in.

C．It has up times as well as down times. D．It has more up times than down times.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中男士提到You should invest for the long term since the stock market has both up and down years，[C]项正是对the stock market has both up and down years的同义转述，故答案为[C]。

Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文：W: Well, it looks as though I’ll have to come up with something else. I never realize the regulations were so rigid.Dear all, Please read Professor Hume’s email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks. Susan Miller Secretary Dear Susan, Please forward this message to students of my history class. Besides the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library. Ted Hume The early experiences of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement”, were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time. The black woman, however, turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to

a white man. “By sitting down,” remarked John Lewis, “she was standing up for all Americans.” Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1999). Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005 at St. Paul AME Church in Montgomery. A large crowd including Secretary of State Con-doleezza Rice celebrated her life. Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact on their lives, “but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State.” After her casket was placed at the Capitol, U.S. President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects. In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very high regard usually reserved for presidents of the United States.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?27. What was the political impact of Rosa Parks?28. How was Rosa Parks treated after her death?

27．

A．To help the students organize a lecture. B．To answer Professor Hume’s last email. C．To introduce to the students Rosa Parks.

D．To make arrangements for Professor Hume’s class.

正确答案：D

解析：选项均以不定式开头表明，本题可能考查行为目的。短文中提到两封email，第一封是Susan给所有同学写的，目的是传达Hume教授的话；第二封邮件是Hume教授写给Susan的，要求Susan把他的信息传达给学生，故答案为[D]。

28．

A．She joined the civil rights movement at a young age. B．She helped Condoleezza Rice achieve political success.

C．She made racial equality a common value in American society. D．She set a good example in her early life for other black Americans.

正确答案：C

解析：选项中的She指的是Rosa Parks。Rosa Parks是一位黑人妇女，她在公共汽车上拒绝给白人男性让座，从而引发了人们对美国社会的种族歧视问题的重视，所以是她使得美国种族平等的观念得到认可，故答案为[C]。

29．

A．She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol.

B．She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. C．She was received by President Bush at the Capitol. D．She was named “mother of the civil rights movement”.

正确答案：A

解析：短文最后提到，Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol，a

very high regard usually reserved for presidents，故答案为[A]。lie in state指“葬前供公众瞻仰”，葬前在国会山前供公众瞻仰是一种极高的荣誉。

听力原文： Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answers to these questions are yes. To some extent, our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in the rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are all likely to have similar degree of intelligence.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. Which view is the speaker in favor of?30. What can a child do if he is born with low intelligence?31. What does the example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately show?

30．

A．Man’s intelligence is given at birth only.

B．Man’s intelligence is given through education only.

C．Man’s intelligence is given both at birth and through education. D．Man’s intelligence is given neither at birth nor through education.

正确答案：C

解析：[C]说的是人的智力由天生和后天教育共同决定，[D]说的是人的智力不由天生和后天教育决定，二者意思正好相反，其中之一很可能是答案。根据短文中提到的Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth…will depend on his environment可知，答案为[C]。

31．

A．Become a genius.

B．Not reach his intelligence limits in his life.

C．Reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings.

D．Still become a genius if he should be given special education.

正确答案：C

解析：短文中提到的…and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence．．．whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment表明，一个天生智力低的孩子无法成为天才，但可以在良好的教育环境中达到其智力极限，故答案为[C]。

32．

A．The part that birth plays.

B．The importance of their positions. C．The importance of their intelligence. D．The role of environment on intelligence.

正确答案：D

解析：由短文中提到的We would soon find differences in intelligence developing，and this indicates that environment…plays a part可知。这个例子告诉我们环境对智力发展的作用，故答案为[D]。

听力原文： Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change — to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before. Landscape is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th century Dutch painters to the 19th century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom. Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods. Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. Why are Leslie’s paintings extraordinary?27. What is the speaker’s opinion of artistic

reality?28. What does the speaker suggest about the arts in the passage?29. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

33．

A．They depend heavily on color photography. B．They draw attention to common things in life. C．They look like works by 19th century painters. D．They are close in style to works in ancient times.

正确答案：B 解析：短文中提到美国新现实主义画家Alfred Leslie，说话者将其与Thomas Cole进行对比，Thomas Cole的画重在表达孤独的感觉和自然的平静，而Alfred Leslie只是重现当时的风貌，尤其注重对平常事物的绘画，故答案为[B]。

34．

A．It is lacking in modern works of art. B．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. C．It does not have a long-lasting standard. D．It will not be found in future works of art.

正确答案：C

解析：说话者在短文中提到Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another，即：每代画家对艺术现实的理解不一样，因而标准也不是长久不变的，故答案为[C]。

35．

A．They express people’s curiosity about the past. B．They are considered important for variety in form. C．They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation. D．They make people interested in everyday experience.

正确答案：C

解析：短文最后提到，they express the basic need and hope of human beings．They 指代前文中的faces of art。也就是说，绘画反映的是人类的状况，故答案为[C]。

36．

A．History of the arts.

B．Basic questions of the arts. C．New developments in the arts.

D．Use of modern technology in the arts.

正确答案：B 解析：选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明本题可能考查短文主旨。短文主要讲了各种画派，最后得出结论，understanding reality is a necessary struggle for

artists of all periods，由此可知说话者在探讨艺术的最基本问题，故答案为[B]。

Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become confused, and one’s impressions tend to be a 【B1】______of skepticism and optimism. Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and 【B2】______— and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the 【B3】______events in Europe. The Europe that is now 【B4】______ cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national 【B5】______. With this in mind we can begin to 【B6】______the European television scene. In Europe, as elsewhere, multimedia groups have been 【B7】______successful groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in 【B8】______to one another. Clearly, 【B9】______. This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European television networks no less than 50% took a loss in 19. Moreover, 【B10】______ Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice — that of producing programs in Europe for Europe. 【B11】______which are different from our own.

37． 【B1】

正确答案：mixture

解析：空前的a和空后的of表明，本空应填一单数可数名词。

38． 【B2】

正确答案：conveyed

解析：空前的created和and表明，本空应填一过去分词形式的动词。

39． 【B3】

正确答案：recent

解析：空前的the和空后的events表明，本空应填一形容词。

40． 【B4】

正确答案：forming

解析：空前的is now表明，本空应填一现在分词形式的动词，构成现在进行时。

41． 【B5】

正确答案：identities

解析：空前的and national表明，本空应填一名词。national identities在此意为“国家特色”。

42． 【B6】

正确答案：analyze

解析：空前的to表明，本空应填一原形动词。

43． 【B7】

正确答案：increasingly

解析：空前的been和空后的successful表明，本空应填一副词。

44． 【B8】

正确答案：relation

解析：空前的in和空后的to表明，本空应填一名词。in relation to在此意为“有关，涉及”。

45． 【B9】

正确答案：only the biggest and most flexible television companies are able to compete completely in such a hotlycontested market

解析：only the largest and most flexible TV firms can compete completely in such a fierce market

46． 【B10】

正确答案：the integration of the European community will oblige television companies to cooperate more closely inboth production and distribution

解析：the integration of the European community will force TV firms to work more together inproduction and distribution

47． 【B11】

正确答案：This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market，whose programs relate toexperiences and cultural traditions

解析：This requires lowering our dependence on the North American market，whose programs involveexperiences and cultural traditions

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Even the best-intentioned policies can fall prey to the oddity of human behavior, as a new study of credit-card repayment finds. In order to stop borrowers from being hit by an accumulation of unpaid interest whenever they fail to pay their bill, there are laws requiring credit-card companies to specify a minimum payment in each statement. But these may do more harm than good, suggests Neil Stewart, a psychologist at Warwick University. Mr. Stewart was studying a phenomenon known as “anchoring”. Psychologists have found that being exposed to numbers, even irrelevant ones, can affect people’s decisions. For example, diners tend to spend more in a restaurant named “Caf6 97” than in one named “Cafe 17”. Since minimum payments on credit-card statements are usually small amounts, Mr. Stewart wondered whether seeing an actual amount might make people pay less than they would otherwise have done. That is exactly what he found. Mr. Stewart presented 413 people with fake credit-card bills of ￡ 435.76 that were identical — except that only half mentioned a minimum payment of ￡ 5.42. Participants were asked how much they would pay. Among those inclined to pay the bill in full, the presence of the minimum payment hardly made any difference. However, those who wanted to pay just part of it handed over 43% less on average when presented with a minimum payment. In the real world, this would roughly double interest charges. Economists will be interested in the results. Behavioral economists advocate “nudging (用肘 轻推) people in the right direction by subtly altering the choices that they are presented with. The insistence on minimum payments is a variation on this theme. Supposedly, those confronted by minimum-payment requirements should pay at least that much. In fact Mr. Stewart’s work suggests that people who would have paid a lot, paid less. In economics, as in life, nudging needs to be done carefully.

48． The minimum-payment law makers try to save people from______if they don’t pay their bill in time.

正确答案：an accumulation of unpaid interest

解析：根据don’t pay their bill定位在原文第一段第二句。原文中说为了防止借款者因为没有付账单而被积累起来的未付利息(an accumulation of unpaid interest)受到冲击，就有法律要求信用卡公司规定必须分期偿还的最低额度。题

干中的save people from对应原文中的stop borrowers from。原文用in order to引导目的状语并前置，题干则用try to do结构进行了转换。

49． What’s the phenomenon of “anchoring”?

正确答案：Being exposed to numbers can affect people’s decisions． 解析：根据“anchoring”定位在第二段前两句话。第一句中提到了anchoring(定锚效应)；第二句说心理学家发现，看一些数字，甚至是无关的数字时会影响人们的决定；再后面就给出了一些例子。显然第二句是在解释第一句中出现的anchoring.题干要求说明定锚效应，将第二句话提取核心内容后即是答案。

50． For part-paying borrowers, the minimum payment laws would make them pay approximately ______interest charges.

正确答案：double

解析：根据part-paying borrowers和interest charges定位在原文第四段最后两句。原文中说，那些不打算还全款的人(those who wanted to pay just part of it)在遇到最低还款额的时候，他们还款的额度平均会减少43％，这种情况会使得他们要支付的利息几乎翻倍(roughly double interest charges).题干中的part-paying borrowers对应原文中的those who wanted to pay just part of it。空格处要求填入一个形容词(短语)，原文说利息几乎翻倍，也就是说要付双倍的利息，故本题答案为double。

51． The minimum payment laws originated from the______ strategy of behavioral economists.

正确答案：nudging

解析：根据关键词behavioral economists定位在文章末段。该段第二句中提到了行为经济学家的“轻推”策略：悄悄改变提供给人们的选择项，轻推(nudging)人们往正确的方向前进。后面一句说，最低还款额度条款就是这种指导思想的一个变体(a variation on this theme)，也就是这种指导思想的一个应用。题干中的originated from对应原文中的a variation on，this theme指代的就是前面句中的nudging。

52． Nudging needs to be done carefully because humans behave______

正确答案：oddly

解析：题干中的Nudging needs to be done carefully出现在文章的末句。题干问给出这种建议的原因。结合对整篇文章的理解，我们发现，全篇文章基本上都是在解释说明开篇的第一句：“对信用卡还款的一项新调查显示，意图最好的也可能沦为人类怪诞行为模式(the oddity of human behavior)的牺牲品。”后面就开始介绍这项新调查，最后在文章末尾给出了建议。了解了这种篇章上的逻辑关系，就很容易做题了。原文中是以名词结构表示的，题干空格处要求填入副词以修饰前面的动词behave。

Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Recently, Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to make it easier for older workers to win age discrimination lawsuits. Age discrimination remains a significant workplace issue. From 1992 to 2008, 15.79 percent of cases brought to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or about 4,585 cases per year, were described as successful claims. While this number is small given the number of workers covered by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, many, if not most, instances of age discrimination are never sued, and cases of hiring discrimination often go undetected. Most of those who do sue are white, male middle-managers who are likely to have lost a sizeable salary and pension. For the most part, other groups do not sue because the costs of a lawsuit outweigh the potential benefits. Age discrimination remains a significant workplace issue. There is strong experimental evidence for age discrimination in hiring, at least for entry-level jobs. In 2002-2003, I performed a labor market experiment in Boston and St. Petersburg, Fla. in which I sent out thousands of resumes for fictitious entry-level female candidates and measured response rate based on date of high school graduation. Among this group, younger applicants, whose date of high school graduation indicated that they were less than 50 years old, were 40 percent more likely to be called back for an interview than were older applicants. It is difficult to tell whether employment problems are worse for older workers than for other workers when times are bad. The number of discrimination lawsuits increases during times of high unemployment, but this finding by itself does not indicate an increased level of age discrimination. In times of higher unemployment, the opportunity cost to a lawsuit is lower than it is when times are good. From the employer’s perspective, mass layoffs may seem like a good chance to remove a higher proportion of generally more expensive older workers without the worry of being sued. On the other hand, employers may be less likely to remove protected older workers because they still fear lawsuits. One thing we do know is that once an older worker loses a job, he or she is much less likely to find a new job than a younger worker is. Unfortunately, the effect of legislation prohibiting age discrimination is not clear cut and may actually be part of the reason it is so difficult for older workers to find employment. If it is more difficult to fire an older worker than a younger worker, a firm will be less likely to want to hire older workers. Indeed, my research finds that in states where workers have longer time to bring a lawsuit claim, older men work fewer weeks per year, are less likely to be hired, and less likely to be fired than men in states where they do not have as much time. Not many people would suggest that we go back to a world prior to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, in which advertisements specify the specific ages of people they are willing to hire. However, legislation prohibiting discrimination is no panacea. The recent proposed congressional legislation could have both positive and negative effects on potential older workers.

53． Why are not cases of age discrimination in hiring often found out? A．The law about age discrimination has a loophole. B．The definition of age discrimination is ambiguous.

C．Many discriminated people don’t sue considering the potential benefits. D．The law about age discrimination has just been issued.

正确答案：C

解析：第二段提到，有相当多的属于年龄歧视的案件并没有人提起诉讼，雇佣方的歧视案件往往不被发现。第三段又讲到大多数情况下其他群体不会对此类歧视提出诉讼，主要是因为诉讼费用比潜在利益价值高。综合这两句话可知答案为[C]。题干中…not…found out是对原文中的go undetected的同义转述。

54． Why does the author send out forged resumes?

A．She needs to get a good job but hasn’t any work skills.

B．She wants to collect evidence for age discrimination in hiring. C．She would like to help those old people out of jobs.

D．She intends to give those employers with discrimination a lesson.

正确答案：B 解析：第四段开头指出就雇用年龄歧视的现象而言，至少在低阶层的职位上，已有强有力的实验证据。作者接着讲述了其投递假简历的实验，得出结果：较年轻的求职者收到面试通知的几率比年纪较大的人的几率大，由此判断出作者投递假简历的目的是为了收集实验证据，故答案为[B]。

55． What may lead to the increase of discrimination lawsuits during bad time? A．The decrease of age discrimination.

B．The decrease of opportunity cost to lawsuits. C．The increase of age discrimination.

D．The increase of opportunity cost to lawsuits.

正确答案：B

解析：第五段提到，高失业率期间，歧视诉讼案件的确是增加了，但这一发现本身并不表明年龄歧视有所增加。在高失业期，诉讼机会成本低于好景时的机会成本。所以推断出高失业时期诉讼机会成本较低可能导致了诉讼案件的增加，故答案为[B]。

56． The word “panacea” (Line 3, Para. 8) probably means______. A．something that can change a situation quickly B．decision that is made by authorities C．something that makes things worse

D．something that will make everything better

正确答案：D

解析：末段提到，为禁止歧视立法并非panacea。最近国会提出的立法，可能对未来的老年工人既有积极影响，又会有消极影响。由此推断出为禁止歧视立法不是万能的，故答案为[D]。

57． 56.We can infer from the last two paragraphs that the author thinks the recent proposed congressional legislation______.

A．may hurt potential older workers

B．will free older workers from age discrimination in hiring C．helps put an end to age discrimination in hiring

D．has no constrict force to age discrimination in hiring

正确答案：A

解析：文章第七段提到，不幸的是，禁止年龄歧视的立法产生的效果并不明显，实际上可能是年纪较大的工人难以找到工作的原因之一，最后一段又讲到禁止歧视立法并非万能药。最近国会提出的立法，可能对未来的老年工人既有积极影响，又会有消极影响。结合这两句可以推断出作者可能会认为立法反而会伤害到年纪较大的工人，故答案为[A]。

What will save journalism? Lately it seems easier to find ruminations (沉思) on that subject than to find journalism itself. With advertising down and the Internet making information seem free and easy, anxious journos (for whom “save journalism” equals “save my job”) have suggested numerous white knights for their profession. The New York Times is reportedly readying plans to start charging for online access, while a group of newspaper executives has been looking into the legality of banding together to do the same. News outlets are selling software, merchandise, club memberships — anything that people are more willing to pay for than, well, news. It’s possible, though, that nothing will save the journalism business — at least as we know it and pay for it today. That doesn’t mean journalism will go away. Reporting won’t go away, though foreign bureaus might. Information won’t go away. Opinion certainly won’t. But somebody will have to pay — even, or especially, for the free stuff. Some journalism could become a kind of volunteer work, performed by eyewitnesses, passionate amateurs or professionals in other fields who use journalism as a loss leader to sell their books or build their brands. Even if you filter your own news from Twitter (微型博客), you’re paying in time and effort. Those seeking to pay the bills through full-time journalism could find different paymasters. The Associated Press recently started taking investigative reports from four nonprofit journalism groups. And if newspapers can’t afford investigations, advocacy groups and think tanks — which already hire research pros — could do their own: a kind of piecemeal (逐渐的) return to the old partisan press. Meanwhile, the advertisers who are unwilling to pay for banner ads at websites have shown interest in, as they say, more “integrated” forms of product-plugging. Some news sites sell companies “sponsored content” mentioning their products, while independent blogs collect payoffs for posts about merchandise. The media of the future may be a

combination of all this, plus old-school outlets that survive. They could produce good journalism. But they may include funding models far different from the old church-and-state separation of content-making and money-raising. Journalists would be foolish, though, to think we can guilt people into buying our work in part to preserve our uniquely holy calling. As with any other service, people will buy it or they won’t. Yes, news audiences will have to recognize that “free” information may mean more sponsorships and piper payers calling the tune. But journalists will have to accept that some members of our audience are, in fact, willing to make that trade-off, just as they live with product placement in movies. We may not like it, but there it is. Producing something that someone is willing to pay for may make our work possible. Whereas moralizing, plus a buck or so, will buy you a cup of robust, piping hot Dunkin-Donuts coffee. That one was free, fellas.

58． Journalism is facing the crisis that______.

A．the number of people focusing on news is decreasing B．news updating is lagging behind Internet information C．the advertising volume in news media is decreasing D．outstanding journalists are in need

正确答案：C

解析：首段开头提出问题：什么可以拯救新闻业?由此推断出新闻业正面临着危机。文中接着指出广告量下降，互联网似乎使信息免费、便捷。由此判断[C]符合原文意思，故为答案。

59． The phrase “a loss leader” (Line 3, Para. 4) means______. A．an industry with low cost but high output

B．a field not maintained for the purpose of making a profit C．a commodity freely attached by other high-grade goods D．a product sold at a low price to draw customers

正确答案：D

解析：第四段提到，新闻可以成为一种志愿性质的工作，那么做这种志愿工作的人究竟是为了什么呢?loss leader后的不定式短语给出了答案：卖书、创建他们的品牌，由此猜测loss leader在这起了敲门砖的作用，分析四个选项，可以知道[D]项中“以低价出售来吸引顾客的产品”符合，故答案为[D]。

60． What action has the Associated Press taken according to the passage? A．Carrying a classified advertisement in the Sunday editions. B．Subtracting certain survey reports.

C．Collecting repays for posts about merchandise. D．Selling companies sponsored content.

正确答案：B

解析：第五段第二句提到，美联社最近开始从四大非营利新闻团体中撤掉调查性新闻报道。[B]中的Subtracting是对文中的taking…from的同义转述，故答案为[B]。

61． We know from the passage that one difference between the media of the future and the old ones may show on the aspect of______.

A．funding models B．cooperative partners C．target groups

D．marketing channels

正确答案：A

解析：第七段提到，未来的媒体可能是这一切形式的组合，再加上幸存下来的传统媒体，它们可以制作好新闻。但其集资模式可能远不同于老式的政教分离模式，即创造新闻内容与集资完全分离的模式。由此可知新旧媒体在集资模式上存在不同，故答案为[A]。

62． What’s the author’s opinion about journalism-saving? A．Journalism may not be savable.

B．Anything done for saving the journalism is time-wasting. C．Journalists are the key force to save journalism.

D．Charging online news is the best way to save journalism.

正确答案：A

解析：第三段提到，很可能没有什么东西能够拯救新闻业，由此看出作者对于挽救新闻业的观点，故答案为[A]。首段说对于新闻记者来说，“拯救新闻业”就等于“救他们的工作”，但并没有说这些人是拯救新闻业的主力，故[C]项错误，另外两项在文中找不到依据。

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

Who talks more, women or men? The seemingly contradictory evidence is【C1】______by the difference what I call public and private speaking. More men feel comfortable doing public speaking,【C2】______more women feel comfortable doing 【C3】______ speaking. Another way of【C4】______these differences is by using the【C5】______”report talk” and “rapport(友好的)talk”. For most women, the language of conversations is【C6】______a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and【C7】______relationships. Emphasis is【C8】______on displaying similarities and【C9】______experiences. From childhood, girls criticize peers who try to stand【C10】______or appear better than others. People feel their closest connections at home, or in setting where they feel at home — with one or a few people they feel close【C11】______and comfortable about — in other words, during

private speaking.【C12】______even the most public situations can be approached like private speaking. For most men, talk is primarily a means to【C13】______independence and negotiate and【C14】______status in a hierarchical social order. This is done by exhibiting knowledge and skill, and by【C15】______center stage through verbal performance such as story-telling, joking, or【C16】______information. From childhood, men learn to use talking as a way to get and keep【C17】______. So they are more【C18】______speaking in larger groups made up of people they know less well, in the broadest【C19】______”public speaking”. But even the most private situations can be approached like public speaking, more like giving a report than【C20】______rapport.

63． 【C1】 A．compromised B．consolidated C．reinforced D．reconciled

正确答案：D

解析：语义衔接题。所填词表示evidence和difference之间的逻辑关系。由修饰evidence(证据)的seemingly contradictory(看起来相互矛盾的)可知，这里需要填表示“协调，一致”的词，故答案为[D]reconciled“使一致，使符合”。[A]compromised“妥协”；[B]consolidated“巩固，加强”；[C]reinforced“增强”。

． 【C2】 A．therefore B．if C．while D．although

正确答案：C

解析：逻辑衔接题。前面提到男性在公开演讲时感到轻松，后面讲述女性在什么时候的谈话感到轻松，显然前后在对比男、女谈话的情况，故答案为[C]while“然而”．表对比。

65． 【C3】 A．individual B．private C．personal D．public

正确答案：B

解析：语义衔接题。根据本段第二句提到的public and private speaking可以推出，此处应填与前一分句中public speaking相对应的private speaking，故答案

为[B]private。

66． 【C4】 A．capturing B．conveying C．snatching D．grabbing

正确答案：A

解析：语义衔接题。report talk“汇报性交谈”和rapport talk“融洽关系的交谈”分别与public speaking和private speaking对应，由此可知，此处是对男女谈话差异的另一种描述。[A]capturing“记录，描绘”强调用文字描述一种状况，符合语义，故答案为[A]。[B]conveying“表达，传达”为强干扰项，指的是把主观的意识或信息传达给他人，differences一词不属于主观意识信息的范畴，故排除；[C]snatching“夺；抽空做”：[D]grabbing“抓取；夺得”。

67． 【C5】 A．means

B．descriptions C．terms D．languages

正确答案：C

解析：语义衔接题。空后的“report talk”和“rapport talk”很明显为两个术语，故答案为[C]terms“术语”。[A]means“方法，手段”；[B]descriptions“描述”；[D]languages“语言”。

68． 【C6】 A．regularly B．specifically C．generally D．primarily

正确答案：D

解析：语义衔接题。本段讲的是女性交谈的方式，从段首的most women和下段讲述男性交谈的情况时用primarily修饰talk以及两段的对比关系可以推出，本空所填词应该是primarily的原词复现或是该词的近义词，故答案为[D]primarily。[A]regularly“有规律地，匀称地”、[B]specifically“特别地，明确地”、[C]generally“一般地，普遍地”都不能使语义通顺。

69． 【C7】 A．mediating B．negotiating C．associating

D．accommodating

正确答案：B

解析：语义衔接题。空前的and表明，所填词同relationships构成的动宾搭配与establishing con-nections形成语义场共现。选项[B]negotiating“处理”可以与relationships搭配使用，表示“处理人际关系”，符合语境，故答案为[B]negotiating。[A]mediating“调解”、[C]associating“使联合，使有联系”、[D]accommodating“使适应”都不能与relationship搭配。下段提到的For most men，talk is primarily a means to…negotiate…对本题有提示作用。

70． 【C8】 A．placed B．based C．imposed D．introduced

正确答案：A

解析：惯用衔接题。place emphasis on为固定搭配，意为“强调”，故答案为[A]placed。 baseon／upon“以…为基础，把…建立在”、impose on／upon“勉强…帮忙；利用”都无法使语义通顺；[D]intro-duced不与on搭配。

71． 【C9】

A．communicating B．matching C．contrasting D．paralleling

正确答案：B 解析：语义衔接题。由下面提到的criticize peers who…appear better than others可知，她们在一起比较各自的经历，故答案为[B]matching“匹配”。[A]communicating“交流，沟通”没有比较的意思：[C]contrasting“对比”和[D]paralleling“相比”是在两者之间进行比较。

72． 【C10】 A．down B．in C．out D．up

正确答案：C

解析：语义衔接题。空后的or表明，stand【C10】______上与后面的appear better than others(比别人强)为并列关系，二者语义相近。stand out“突出，出色”符合此处语义，故答案为[C]out。stand down“推出退军”、stand in“代替，分担”、stand up“站起；经受得住”都不符合语义。

73． 【C11】 A．to B．by C．with D．of

正确答案：A 解析：语义衔接题。空后的and表明，close【C11】______和空后的comfortable about(感觉自在的)为并列关系，二者语义相近。close to意为“与…关系密切”，符合语境，故答案为[A]to。close by“在…旁边”、close with“接受：以…结束”不能使语义通顺：close不与of搭配使用。

74． 【C12】 A．Then B．Or C．So D．But

正确答案：D

解析：逻辑衔接题。前面都在讲女性在家或像家一样的环境中谈话，也就是在私下谈话的情形，而此句讲的是在public situations(公共场合)下的情形，由此可知，本空应填一个表转折的连词进行话题的转换，故答案为[D]But“但是”．表转折。末段末句提到的But对本题有很强提示作用。

75． 【C13】 A．preserve B．reserve C．conserve D．contrive

正确答案：A

解析：语义衔接题。preserve与independence搭配使用表示“保持”，符合语境。故为答案[A]preserve“使某人或某物保持现状、不发生变化”。[B]reserve“储备某物，具有某种(权利)或保留(座位、住处等)”、[C]conserve“使(某事物)不变质、不受损害”、[D]contrive“策划，设计”均不能与independence搭配使用。

76． 【C14】 A．ascertain B．verify C．maintain D．sustain

正确答案：C

解析：语义衔接题。空前的and表明，所填词能与status搭配，并与前面的preserve independence形成语义场共现，故答案为[C]maintain”维持，保持”。[A]ascertain“查明，弄清’：[B]verify“核实，证明”；[D]sustain为强干扰项，表示“维持(某人／某物)的生命或存在，使(声音、努力)持续下去”，不符合语境，故排除。

77． 【C15】 A．exhibiting B．holding C．standing D．playing

正确答案：B

解析：语义衔接题。能与center stage搭配使用的只有[B]holding和[C]standing，但stand作“站立”讲时，为不及物动词，故排除，故答案为[B]holding。

78． 【C16】 A．notifying B．withdrawing C．eliciting D．imparting

正确答案：D

解析：语义衔接题。空前的or表明，所填词能和information搭配使用，并与空前的story-telling和joking形成语义场共现。[D]imparting“告知，给予”为及物动词，通常接information、knowledge等词作宾语，符合此处语境，故答案为[D]。[A]notifying“通知，告知”用法是notify sb．of sth；[B]withdrawing“撤消，收回”不符合文意；[C]eliciting“从某人那里得知”用法是elicit sth．from sb．。

79． 【C17】 A．attention B．fascination C．attraction D．affection

正确答案：A

解析：惯用衔接题。选项中能同时与get和keep搭配使用的只有[A]attention“注意力，留心”，故答案为[A]。[B]fascination“魅力”、[C]attraction“吸引力”、[D]affection“喜爱；感情”均不能同时与get和keep搭配使用。

80． 【C18】 A．favorable B．awkward

C．comfortable D．embarrassed

正确答案：C

解析：语义衔接题。从前面的描述可知，男士习惯于在公共场合谈话，因此排除[B]awkward“尴尬的；棘手的”和[D]embarrassed“尴尬的，窘迫的”。后面提到的speaking in larger groups made upof people they know less well也就是public speaking，由首段提到的More men feel comfortable doing publicspeaking可知，答案为[C]comfortable。[A]favorable“赞同的：有利的”。

81． 【C19】 A．meaning B．sense

C．implication D．case

正确答案：B

解析：惯用衔接题。in the broad sense为固定搭配，意为“广义上(而言)”，故答案为[B]sense。

82． 【C20】 A．experiencing B．determining C．hindering D．establishing

正确答案：D

解析：语义衔接题。选项中能与rapport搭配使用的只有[D]establishing“建立”，表示“建立融洽和谐的关系”，与第2段的establishing connections同义，故答案为[D]。[A]experiencing“经历”、[B]deter-mining“决定”、[C]hindering“妨碍”都不能与rapport搭配。

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

83． It’s pleasure for him to______(把他的精力, 甚至把生命奉献给研究工作).

正确答案：dedicate his energy and even his life to research work 解析：“把…贡献给…”可用dedicate…to…来表达。“研究工作”可用research work来表达。

84． No sooner______(他刚把话说出去就意识到本应该保持沉默).

正确答案：had he spoken the words than he realized that he should have remained silent

解析：no sooner…than…意为“一…就…”，No sooner置于句首，主句要进行部分倒装。“他刚把话说出去就意识到本应该保持沉默”的正常语序是No sooner he had spoken the words than he realized that he should have remained silent，部分倒装要将助动词had提前。

85． Because______(好大学的文凭是好工作的敲门砖), education is one of the most competitive areas in Japanese life.

正确答案：a degree from a good university is the means to a better job 解析：“文凭”译为diploma，也可用与之近义的degree(学位)表达；“敲门砖”在本题中有“工具、途径、手段、方法”的含义，因此，可以采用意译的方法表达其引申义即可，译为the means to。

86． Parents have a legal obligation to ensure that their children______(受到与他们年龄相适应的有效教育).

正确答案：are provided with efficient education suitable to their age

解析：分析句子结构可知，that后为ensure的宾语从句，从句主语为their children，故“受到有效的教育”可用被动语态are provided with efficient education来表达：“与他们的年龄相适应的”可用后置定语修饰education来表示，即：suitable to their age，在意思上相当于省略了主谓结构(which／that is)的定语从句。

87． While your opinions are worth considering, the committee______(发现太重视你们的建议是不明智的).

正确答案：finds it unwise to place too much importance on them

解析：分析句子结构可知，主句为“主语+谓语+it+宾语补足语+to do sth．”的结构。“重视…”可用place importance on…来表达。